Saturday, June 10, 2006

The release of The Da Vinci Code prompted a reporter from the St. Paul Pioneer Press last week to call local people bearing the surname "Sinclair"—a name prominent in the lackluster blockbuster novel and movie.

A quick call to several listed in the St. Paul and east metro telephone directory brought responses of total confusion.

"You mean our name is in the movie?" one woman asked.

Another woman said Sinclair was her late husband's family name and he never mentioned anything about the family.